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Google Chromebooks In India by October 17 in Reliance Digital and Croma Stores

What is the launching date of Chromebook Laptops in India? Google has annouced the release date of it's flagship laptop Chromebook in India. Chromebook was launced two years ago in global market. It took 2 years for Google to launch it in India. Chromebook laptops are build on the Google's Chrome Operating System. Acer C720 Chromebook HP 14-Q001TU Chromebook In a press release, Google India said,"From October 17, Indians will be able to enjoy the Chromebook experience with the launch of the Acer C720 Chromebook and the HP Chromebook 14". Google is providing launching offer with it's Chromebook Laptops. Those who are going to purchase Chromebook will get 100GB of free Google Drive storage for two years. What is the Price of Chromebook Laptops in India? Google has priced both Acer C720 Chromebook HP Chromebook 14 at a reasonable rates. Acer C-720 Chromebook is priced at Rs 22,999, while HP Chromebook 14 is Rs 26,990. Online shopping store F

Google to Tie Up With Indian DTH Providers to Broadcast YouTube Directly on TV

Google to Tie Up with Indian DTH Providers to Stream YouTube on TV Google want to cash India's increasing market of DTH service. To capture more and more people of India, Google is planning to bring YouTube on TV screens via DTH (Direct-To-Home) providers. Franciso Verala of YouTube on Global Strategy On his first trip to India, Global Director of Platform Partnerships, Francisco Varela said, "Google is making a big push to boost YouTube usage in India and is in talks with direct-to-home cable providers to bring the service to televisions screens". However, Varela didn't named the DTH providers with whom he is in talk nor he elaborate on how this integration will be done or when the service will go live. YouTube makes a major portion of Google’s revenues, which crossed $50 billion (about Rs 3.1 lakh crore) in 2012. As per Varela, India is one of the fastest growing market for YouTube video services. Almost 55 million visitors of global 1 billion visito

Google India & ASI Teamed Up to Show 360 Panoramic Imagery of Indian Monuments Online

Archaeological Survey of India & Google Tie Up to Show Indian Heritage Online For those who are unable to visit Indian Monuments there is a hope from Google and ASI. Soon, anyone in the world will be able to see 360 degree view of Indian Heritage Monuments via the collaboration of Google and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). For this Google has signed a memorandum with the Ministry of India. At Qutab Minar, Union Culture Minister Chandresh Kumari Katoch and Google Cultural Institute Director Amit Sood signed the memorandum on behalf of India and Google, respectively. The Google Cultural Institute Director Amit Sood said to PTI, "We wanted enhanced and an active experience for our (virtual) visitors and not just mere passive viewing of the sites. And, that's why we want to partner with agencies like the ASI, UNESCO, World Monuments Fund to source authoritative content - current and archival to enrich user's experience". Chandresh Kumari Kato

Adobe Hacked-2.9m Accounts Details, Source Code of Adobe Acrobat, ColdFusion & ColdFusion Builder Stolen

Adobe's Source Code, Customer Data Stolen by Hackers  Major Security Breach in Adobe System Inc. Adobe Systems Inc on Thursday announced that their computer system was hacked. According to the statement issued, credit card information of 2.9 million customers and source code of it's most popular software Adobe Acrobat , ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder has been stolen by the hackers. The attack on Adobe results in the removal of customer names, encrypted credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates, and other data relating to customer orders. With the theft of source code, security experts are worried about more cyber attacks on the users using those software products. Source code will provide the hackers a close review of the program and they can figure out loop holes and new flaws that could be used to launch unknown cyber attacks to the users of Adobe software. The company said that they are notifying their customers by email and resetting the password

Best Global Brands 2013-Apple Tops the List, While Google II & Coca-Cola III Position

Apple Declared Best Global Brands of 2013 by Interbrand Top 10 Best Global Brands of 2013 Since 2000, Interbrand has been listing world's best and valuable global brands every year. Coca-Cola company remained in top position till last year. This year, the 13 year legacy of Coca-Cola has come to an end, when we talk about the Best Global Brands for 2013. Apple, with the launch of iPhone 5C and 5S, is now topping the list of world's best and valuable global brands. Google which celebrated it's 15th birthday on Sept. 27, 2013, is in 2nd position followed by Coca-Cola. Though Google change in Brand Value has increased 34% that of Apple's 28% from the last year, yet it was not enough to topple Apple to from getting crowned. The top 10 list mostly comprise of technology based companies leaving only McDonald's and Coca-Cola as the non-technology based company. Here is the list of top 10 Best Global Brands of 2013: Apple Google Coca-Cola IBM Microsoft GE

Priyanka Chopra, too Toxic for Indian Cyberspace-McAfee

McAfee Named Priyanka Chopra India's 'Most Dangerous Celebrity' Online Priyanka Chopra Most Dangerous Indian Celebrity Online In a recent study conducted by security software maker McAfee, Priyanka Chopra is dubbed as the most dangerous Indian celebrity in the Indian internet world. Priyanka Chopra dethroned Sunny Leone who was in number one position last year. Name of Priyanka is most used by cyber criminals to lure internet users to sites which host malicious software to steal personal details, passwords and spread them to your contacts also. The next to name in the list are Shah Rukh Khan, followed by Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Akshay Kumar. The top 10 dangerous celebrities online are     Priyanka Chopra     Shah Rukh Khan     Salman Khan     Kareena Kapoor     Akshay Kumar     Saif Ali Khan     Amitabh Bachchan     Farhan Akhtar     Sunny Leone     Hrithik Roshan If you are searching for terms like wallpaper, nude pictures, videos or pho

BlackBerry to Fire 4,500 Employees, Feeling the Heat from iPhone & Android Phones

BlackBerry Cutting 4,500 Jobs BlackBerry To Fire 4,500 of its Staff After renaming itself from Research in Motion (RIM) to BlackBerry and launching two new models new Z10 and Q10 phone this year, BlackBerry is now feeling the heat of low selling of BB smartphones. BlackBerry has announced that they are going to fire around 4,500 employees. If this year firing is added to the last years, around 9,500 employees were sacked in 2012 and 2013. The new losses will reduce Blackberry's 12,700-plus global workforce by about 40%. The company said that it will cut operating cost by 50% by the end of the first quarter of 2015. Since the beginning, BlackBerry was the favorite of corporate customers and government employees in the US and around the world. They once used to have around 14% of the US smartphones share but now they have less than 3% market share. They are ranking 4th after Windows Phone. The launch of Android based smartphones and iPhone are the main reason for the loss